Where federal tax dollars land around Akron
Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Akron, OH — the yearly total, the biggest agencies and the largest recipients.
USAspending.gov API, federal awards by place of performance.
This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.
$4.6B in federal awards was spent in Summit County.
Federal awards, FY 2025: $4.6B — $8,472 per county resident
Biggest awarding agencies
- Social Security Administration: 2918564901
- Department of Health and Human Services: 813639289
- Department of Veterans Affairs: 206629461
- Department of Transportation: 146890989
- Environmental Protection Agency: 141778229
- Department of Housing and Urban Development: 140617957
Largest recipients
- MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 3927167401
- OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: 144432611
- SEVENSON ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.: 132162808
- AKRON METROPOLITAN HOUSING AUTHORITY: 90601408
- GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, THE: 40396225
- THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON: 30575089
What it means
Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $2.9B of the $4.6B total.
That works out to about $8,472 for every resident of the county, counting contracts, grants, loans and direct payments.
Place of performance means the work happened here — the money may be awarded to a company or agency headquartered elsewhere, and multi-year awards can land in a single year's total.
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau — American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates — Population, income, housing, education, commuting and poverty figures
- Census Bureau API — ACS Detailed Tables — The endpoint these pages are generated from
- data.census.gov — Look up the same tables for any place yourself
- ACS accuracy statement — Estimates carry margins of error; small places vary the most
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